profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Value Line
$41.50-2.88% today
+11.6% in 1 year
1-year low $32.001-year high $46.25
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $18.82 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Value Line sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $40.5 million in 2022 to $35.1 million in 2025, with $20.7 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Value Line handed back 59% of the cash it generated last year.
$11M
Free cash flow 2025$20M
Bought back its own shares$453,000
Paid as dividends$11M
Cash vs. debt$34M vs. $4M
Value Line vs. similar companies
Value Line grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value Line | 18.8× · Fair price | ||
 Nasdaq | 34.3× · Expensive | ||
 Cboe Global Markets | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 FactSet Research Systems | 22.1× · Fair price | ||
 Morningstar | 24.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Value Line's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 40 | 37 | 35 | |
| 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | |
| 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | |
| 24 | 18 | 19 | 21 | |
| 2.50 | 1.91 | 2.02 | 2.20 | |
| 57.3% | 61.7% | 60.4% | 58.8% | |
| 26.7% | 28.9% | 24.4% | 17.1% | |
| 58.8% | 45.5% | 50.7% | 59.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 129 | 131 | 136 | 145 |
| Cash | 30 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| Total debt | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Total liabilities | 49 | 47 | 45 | 45 |
| 80 | 84 | 91 | 100 | |
| 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| 9.8% | 10.1% | 7.6% | 4.6% | |
| 29.9% | 21.6% | 20.9% | 20.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 18 | 18 | 20 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 18 | 18 | 20 | |
| Dividends paid | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 18.8×
- –
- –
- 2.9×
- 11.1×
- 19.5×
- 49.5×
- 5.1%
- 5.3%
- 4.0%
Profitability
- 58.8%
- 17.1%
- 59.0%
- 18.1%
- 2.8%
- 23.5%
- 21.2%
- 14.6%
- 3.7%
- 0.0%
Growth
- −4.7%
- −4.2%
- +12.0%
- +9.0%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- -7.2×
- 0.02
- 1.7%
- –
- 4.07
- 4.07
- 0.22
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 39%of 749
Bottom 38%of 604
Bottom 34%of 872
Bottom 15%of 883
Top 47%of 931
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | 0.63 | – | – |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 0.60 | – | – |
| Sep 15, 2025 | 0.69 | – | – |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 0.42 | – | – |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 0.55 | – | – |
| Dec 13, 2024 | 0.60 | – | – |
| Sep 13, 2024 | 0.62 | – | – |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.51 | – | – |
4.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$40a year at today's yield, before tax
+9.0%2020 to 2025
Raised6 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.62 in 2015 → $1.28 in 2025
How safe it looks
54.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 56.5%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
63Pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
68Pass
Peter Lynch
35No pass
Joel Greenblatt
11No pass
Charlie Munger
78Pass
Terry Smith
68Pass
Questions about Value Line
Is Value Line a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Value Line AI analysis
What does Value Line do?
Value Line, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells investment periodicals and related publications primarily in the United States. It is in Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges.
Does Value Line pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.0% a year, about 55% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $11.3 million in dividends.
Is Value Line stock halal?
Yes. Value Line passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.9% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Value Line stock done over the past year?
Up 11.6% over the past twelve months, to $41.50. It traded between $32.00 and $46.25 and is 10.3% below its high.
Who are Value Line's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nasdaq, Cboe Global Markets, FactSet Research Systems and Morningstar. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Value Line's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.